To be precise, the black hands of the Song Dynasty should be Zhao Zhen’s black hands, but they were not falsified. They lurked in every corner of the Liao Dynasty. Since the capital was blocked, they have disappeared and remained silent, but they are waiting for the opportunity.

After the war between Zhongjing Road in Song and Liao dynasties ended, with the beginning of trade, they became active again. The news of going to the imperial palace in Beijing was passed back to the Song Dynasty and passed to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen felt that something must have happened within the Liao Dynasty, but he still couldn't see any substantial content from the information he was in his hands, so he could only make guesses out of thin air. Either it was really as Empress Dowager Xiao said that Yelu Hongji was severely infected with a sudden outbreak, or Empress Dowager Xiao died. Anyway, there were problems with the rulers of the Liao Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen reached out and put the paper note in an iron basin. Sancai burned it with a pre-prepared fire stick until it turned black and gray and then mashed it with a wooden stick. This iron basin is a must-have item in the Qinzheng Hall, both in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

No matter what happened to the Liao Dynasty, it was beneficial to the current Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen felt that there was no need for the Song Dynasty to interfere. The more they did, the more they were wrong. The power of the Song and Liao sides was very different. The Song Dynasty did nothing was the most correct choice. Any problems within the Liao Dynasty would only give the Song Dynasty a chance.

After the imperial case, Zhao Zhen sat down, picked up the brush on the table and hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind to take a good piece of silk paper and write the lyrics on it: "With the Liao Dynasty's black hand, all the information will be brought back to the North Korea within half a year, and they are not allowed to stay!"

Sancai saw the lyrics on the side, and the shock in his heart was completely indescribable, so he only said: "The official family..."

Zhao Zhen shook his head slightly and then spoke again: "The same is true for the people of the Imperial City Department. There must be no mistakes when returning to the court. If you send someone to pass it down, I know that the people of the Imperial City Department cooperated with the Black Hand in the Liao Dynasty. I don't want my Song Dynasty to be killed in the Liao Dynasty. I have great use for the Black Hand and the people of the Imperial City Department!"

This is the decision of the official family. There is naturally a reason for the intelligence of the official family. Sancai nodded and agreed: "I obey the order!"

He knew that once the official wrote the lyrics, he would pass them to the Black Hand and the Imperial City Office in the form of an imperial edict. They would have no possibility of violating them, otherwise they would be disrespectful to the imperial edict! It seems that the official has regarded the Liao Dynasty as an optional opponent and does not need small means to deal with it.

Zhao Zhen stood up and walked towards the map. The map had been hanging in the Qinzheng Hall for a long time, but after changing it to Xu Dushi during this period, it can be said that every time the map was the same map, but the content on it was completely different.

There were the best painters in the palace. They did not paint for emperors, nor did they paint in the harem or court officials, but they specially painted maps, maps of the Song Dynasty, maps of the Liao Dynasty, and even maps of Goryeo, Japan...

They don't need to have very high artistic cultivation. They can just draw the terrain perfectly, mark the contour lines, mountains, rivers and the names of state capitals. What they need is precision, so that the error is no more than one mile. This is very difficult for painters who rely solely on various materials and intelligence to paint, but they can do it.

Just like the map in front of Zhao Zhen, it is the essence of the painters in the palace. This is not the map of the Liao Dynasty, it encompasses the Liao Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the South China Sea countries, Goryeo, Japan, Tufan, and the Western Regions.

It can be said that this is the most accurate and comprehensive map of East Asia in the world.

Sancai discovered that the official family had liked to look at this map recently and kept talking to themselves, how big is the territory of the Song Dynasty? In Sancai's opinion, the bigger the better, the bigger the better, the bigger the Song Dynasty, the stronger the power, the more it can reflect the majesty of the country, and the more resources you can obtain.

He knew that as an emperor, there were many issues to consider, not only the territory outlined by killing on the map, but also the vast grasslands, the roofs of the world, the islands in the sea, and the distant Western Regions.

The biggest problem is rule. Even if a large area of ​​land is occupied without effective management and rule, these places will sooner or later become someone else's. Instead, the economy, culture and technology established by the Song Dynasty there were lost, and even became a breeding ground for threats to the Song Dynasty.

After all, in this era of underdeveloped communication, the central government's effective rule over the local government often had poor results. Even if highways appeared, the rule of the Song Dynasty was still high after reaching the Western Regions Protectorate Palace.

The four existing Protectorate Palaces in the Song Dynasty were in the Western Regions, one in Japan, one in the South China Sea, and the other in Liaodong. The four Protectorate Palaces were all tentacles extended by the Song Dynasty. It can be said that this was the limit of the Song Dynasty. If there were too many, I really couldn't take care of it.

The four Protectorate Mansions also have different functions. The Protectorate Mansion in the Western Regions was built by Zhao Zhen early on as a barrier to the west. This is not used to deal with the Western Regions or the Liao Dynasty, but to deal with the threat from the West.

The Song Dynasty harvested a large amount of gold and silver from the West through trade. Zhao Zhen knew better than anyone else. Those who also knew were Western rulers, such as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This empire that relied on alliances was likely to carry out an Eastern Expedition due to the drive of interests, and the spearhead was no longer the pitiful Arabs, but even the Song Dynasty.

History has changed, and Zhao Zhen had to use the law of the Black Forest to kick the enemy in the West.

Therefore, the Western Regions Protectorate has the largest number of troops. Of course, the navy of the South China Sea Protectorate cannot be included. They and the Shaman Island Navy formed the largest fleet in the world and the most advanced fleet. It can be said that the Song Dynasty was the real overlord at sea.

Those pirates who were seeking life at sea had to rest with the Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhen did not intend to wipe out all pirates. They were helpers who could use them. There were always shameful things in the great powers, and it was the most common in maritime trade, so these pirates became the best minions.

They are pirates, not any force, no one can ask the Song Dynasty to be responsible for their actions, and no one dares to do so unless they want to be sanctioned by the Song Dynasty trade...

The Black Water Protectorate on the east side was a means of the Song Dynasty to recruit Jurchens. The Jurchens had strong combat power. They had a Viking berserker bloodline. The fighting will tempered between the white mountains and black waters was beyond the reach of any race. If Zhao Zhen let them not use it, he would think he was committing a crime.

The tens of thousands of Jurchens had extraordinary combat power. The Jurchens were not satisfied with tens of thousands, and they were invincible. They truly interpreted their powerful combat power. Under the proper command of the Song general, after equipping the Song Dynasty's weapons, this black water army basically killed the fleeing Wanyan tribe and increased the Song Dynasty's control in Liaodong to an unprecedented level.
Chapter completed!